Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties request the Inter-American Court to examine the evidence offered, receive the arguments of the parties and deliver a judgment in which it rules on the legal consequences of the facts that haves been accepted, reinforcing the international standards on the matter that is the purpose of these proceedings and permitting adequate monitoring of its decision. Furthermore, pursuant to Article 63 of the American Convention, the parties request the Court to rule on the scope of the reparations included by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Merits Report No. 129/17, and on the arguments made by the victims’ representatives in this regard in section VIII of their brief with pleadings, motions and evidence, which include compensation, in equity, for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to the victims, measures of satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition with a transformative purpose. The foregoing without prejudice to the considerations that the parties may make on this point in due course.13 17. The representatives stated during the public hearing that they considered that “the attitude taken by the State was very positive and underst[oo]d that it made a very important contribution to the development of these proceedings and to respect for the principles that inspire the American Convention.” Nevertheless, the representatives asked the Court “to deliver a judgment that establishes very clear and precise standards for stop and search without a court order, and this over and above the responsibility acknowledged by the Argentine State.”14 This request was repeated in their final written arguments. 15 18. The Commission indicated during the public hearing, with regard to the acquiescence made by the State, that it “wished to acknowledge and express its appreciation for the willingness of the Argentine State to recognize those violations and to make reparation to the victims in this case.”16 In addition, in its brief with observations of March 23, 2020, the Commission considered that “the acknowledgement made by the State encompasses the facts, the relevant law, and the measures of reparation established in Report No. 129/17. This was without prejudice to the fact that the State had also decided to acknowledge its international responsibility for the violation of the principle of equality alleged by the representatives.” In this way, the Commission considered that the acknowledgement of responsibility “made a positive contribution to the proceedings, and also to the exercise of the human rights established in the American Convention.” Lastly, the Commission asked the Court: “(i) to accept the State’s acknowledgement of international responsibility and establish that it incorporates all the facts and the violations committed in this case, and (ii) to make a detailed determination of the facts, the relevant law, and the corresponding reparations.”17 B. Considerations of the Court 19. The Court recalls that, pursuant to Articles 62 and 64 of the Rules of Procedure, and in exercise of its powers for the judicial protection of human rights, a matter of international public order, it is incumbent on it to ensure that acts of acknowledgment of responsibility are 13 Brief of March 4, 2020 (merits file, folios 400 to 402). 14 Statement of a representative of the presumed victims during the public hearing held on March 11, 2020. 15 Cf. Brief with final written arguments of the representatives of May 21, 2020 (merits file, folios 758 to 761). Statement of the representative of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights during the public hearing held on March 11, 2020. 16 Brief with observations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Argentine State’s brief of March 4, 2020 (merits file, folio 543). 17 7

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